Planning application
Wheatley Service Station Durham Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3LJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Display of various illuminated and non illuminated signage on the building and within the site boundary.
As published by the council, reference DM/25/03178/AD
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/03178/AD
- Type
- Advertisement Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 11 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 12 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 12 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Thornley And Wheatley Hill
- Parish
- Wheatley Hill
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH6 3LJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 5 applications since 2025: 5 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/25/02977/DRC Granted
Wheatley Service Station Durham Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3LJ
Discharge of condition 9 (details on canopy, bin store, substation, cycle shelter, boundary and signage), 10 (broadband), 11 ( sustainability) and 13 (contaminated land remediation) of planning permission DM/25/01069/VOC for amendments to DM/23/01107/FPA for works to service station.
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DM/25/01539/DRC Granted
Wheatley Service Station Durham Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3LJ
Discharge of conditions 5 (right turning lane) and 12 (reinstate footway) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/01107/FPA.
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DM/25/01069/VOC Granted
Wheatley Service Station Durham Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3LJ
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and 16 (landscaping implementation) pursuant to planning approval DM/23/01107/FPA to allow a reduction in the footprint of the sales building, alteration to the design/position of the compound/plant, reduction in the number of domestic fuel pumps and size of the domestic forecourt canopy, a reduction in the number of electric vehicle charging bays/EVC upstands including the reposition of the EVC infrastructure and alterations to car parking bays and landscaping.
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DM/25/00800/DRC Granted
Wheatley Service Station Durham Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3LJ
Discharge of conditions 3 (contamination), 6 (Construction Surface Water Management Plan), 7 (scheme to install underground tanks) and 8 (Construction Management Plan) pursuant to planning approval DM/23/01107/FPA.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2025
Received by County Durham
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12 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: DM/23/01107/FPA (Decided)
- Application: DM/25/00800/DRC (Decided)
- Application: DM/25/01069/VOC (Decided)
- Application: DM/25/01539/DRC (Decided)
- Application: DM/25/02977/DRC (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Jennings Design Ltd Agent, a design practice registered in Leeds
Active · incorporated 2000 · Leeds
27 applications on PlanIndex · across 15 councils · 92% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- FAST TRACK
- APPROVAL AD
- PROPOSED SITE ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED CANOPY AND BUILDING DETAILS
- PROPOSED SIGN DETAILS SHEET 1
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- ENTRY - NO EXIT SIGN
- EXIT - NO ENTRY SIGN
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- SITE NOTICE
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED CANOPY AND BUILDING DETAILS
- PROPOSED SIGN DETAILS SHEET 1
- PROPOSED SIGN DETAILS SHEET 1
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 12 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About advertisement consent applications
Advertisement consent is judged on two things only: amenity and public safety, not competition or other planning considerations. More in our guide to planning application types.
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